14 January 2023

Time to restart challenging myself in 2023

It's a new year and life is nearly back to normal, think I have one more trip to the beach to squeeze in with my partner but feel confident to say I can start looking at my favourite challenge sites and start doing challenges again. Saying that some of my favourite sites are still on their "holiday breaks" so I can ease myself back in slowly and very thankful that both AAA challenge sites were perfect IMO. I love bears and I have a lot of birthdays coming up in the next 2 months so I have combined their current challenges to create this cute "bear" birthday card which is CAS.

AAA cards wants "bears":

and AAA birthday cards "anything birthday goes":


I have one favourite bear stamp set which I got in 2016 and I have used all the bear images in the set apart from one, so I have inked up that one and coloured with my Copic markers today.


Copics used (dark>>light):
Bear body: E59/57/33/53
Bear muzzle/nose/ear lobes/cheeks: E53/51, W6/4, R20
Mint-green icing: G05/03/02/000
Cake: Y04/02/00
Cake board: E47/44/43
Hat: G09/05/03


Supply List:
Stamps: Beary Special Birthday (MFT) and matching dies
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper: Xpress-IT blending, Neenah white
Other: Additional A2 Layers (WF), stamping foam squares (SP), white gelly pen (Sakura), Crystal glaze (Nuvo), Copic markers

Well he's a wee cutie and his tummy looks a bit like mine post-Christmas. I am not sure why it's taken me 6 years to ink him up but I think we'll see it much sooner again. Both challenges have 1-2 weeks still to run so there is plenty of time to join in the fun. I never really worry about having enough cards in my stash since I have started doing challenges and I give away a lot to family as RAK's or as gifts and I also don't feel so guilty about all the supplies I have accumulated over the years too. So if you haven't made any New Year's resolutions I challenge you .... to enter some card challenges.

EDITED: AAA cards runner-up :)



✿ Karen ✿
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6 comments:

  1. CardsbymaaikeJanuary 14, 2023

    That's super cute, love the punny sentiment. Thank you for playing at the AAA Birthday Card Challenges And the AAA Card Challenges too

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    1. kareN stampZJanuary 15, 2023

      Thanks Maaike this was the perfect challenge from both sites to get me started in 2023

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  2. sentsueJanuary 18, 2023

    Beautiful job coloring your images. Thanks so much for sharing your work with us on the AAA Cards Challenge.

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  3. Jane.DJanuary 22, 2023

    What a little cutie, and such a lovely CAS card and beautiful colouring too! Thank you for sharing and playing along with us at AAA Birthday and AAA Cards! I hope you'll join us in future challenges too. Take care, keep crafting and have fun!
    (and I'm not at all jealous of you going to the beach ;) )

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  4. Катерина PioniyaJanuary 29, 2023

    So cuuute!
    Thank you for joining us at AAA Birthday Card Challenge - Pioniya, DT

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  5. papiershadesJanuary 29, 2023

    So Cute and Adorable Card Karen.
    Thank you for playing at the AAA Birthday Card Challenges - Deekshita (Papiershades)

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